文章运用联合国贸易统计数据库中2017—2022年新能源汽车贸易数据，探究全球新能源汽车贸易网络的演化特征及驱动机制。研究发现：全球新能源汽车贸易网络范围日益扩大，贸易联系更加紧密和高效，区域内的合作显著增多且呈现多元化发展态势，但贸易关系还存在不对称情况，非闭环模体占比较大；近年来我国在全球新能源汽车贸易网络中的地位和影响力显著提升，贸易参与模式主要表现为对外出口；互惠效应、聚集效应、传递效应、时间结构效应等内生机制与经济发展水平、商业自由度等外生机制相辅相成，共同推进新能源汽车贸易网络的演化。基于此，今后我国新能源汽车贸易要不断强化节点重要性、优化贸易网络安全性、提升贸易网络联通性，从而促进我国新能源汽车贸易的高质量发展。

This paper uses the trade data of new energy vehicles from 2017 to 2022 in the United Nations Trade Statistics Database to explore the evolutionary characteristics and driving mechanisms of the global trade network of new energy vehicles. The research finds that the scope of the global trade network of new energy vehicles is increasingly complex, with trade connections becoming closer and more efficient. Cooperation within regions has significantly increased and shows a diversified development trend. However, there are still asymmetrical trade relations, and non-closed-loop motifs account for a large proportion. In recent years, China’s position and influence in the global trade network of new energy vehicles have significantly improved, with its trade participation mode mainly being exports. Endogenous mechanisms such as the reciprocal effect, agglomeration effect, transmission effect, and time structure effect, as well as exogenous mechanisms such as economic development level and business freedom, complement each other and jointly promote the evolution of the trade network of new energy vehicles. Based on this, in the future, China’s new energy vehicles should continuously strengthen the importance of nodes, optimize the security of the trade network, and enhance the connectivity of the trade network, this will promote the high-quality development of China’s new energy vehicle trade.